Author Archives: John Sanders

Sunday, 22nd January, 2017 Another bright, sunny but coldish day. The temperature reached a dizzy 6C/43F. I was completely  sedentary today. I valeted the car yesterday. Today, I watched 3 politics programmes, 3 football matches and read the Sunday Times.  I ate a … Continue reading →

Sunday, 15th January, 2017 Half way through January already. I still haven’t found the key to slowing time down. It’s becoming quite scary! Today is wet and cold. The temperature was 3C/37F and didn’t get much above 7C/45F all day. … Continue reading →

Sunday,8th January, 2017 A mild day but rather grey here. In Greece, the story is different. KTG have this headline: Snow chaos: Two dead, hundreds trapped in highway, islands in state of emergency. Our route, along the new, Athens – Corinth … Continue reading →

Sunday,1st January, 2017         It is approaching 11.00 am and the first residents on our street are venturing out. We have been up for 4 hours and feeling our way in to the new year. We have … Continue reading →

Sunday,25th December, 2016 Have a lovely day. We are off to Surrey for a few hours of Family entertainment. Pauline has done all the cooking apart from the turkey which will have 3 hrs of warm weather followed by an hour … Continue reading →

              Sunday,18th December, 2016 This is the first day of Year 9. After 2922 entries, the Blog still endures. Even today it has proved its worth. Just a small thing but, as I was … Continue reading →

Sunday,11th December, 2016 This is the last week of the Blog’s 8th year. Officially, we will only reach 19 years but we have set our sights high and are aiming for 20. Another really wonderful day. Clear, blue sky and … Continue reading →

Sunday, 4th December, 2016 Glorious, cloudless day of strong, low sun and glowing blue sky. I love Sundays. It hasn’t always been so but today I sat outside in the garden and read The Sunday Times in the warm sunshine. … Continue reading →

Sunday, 27th November, 2016 A scorching day. We’ve had too much sun. I would like to send some to Ruth but I fear it would have transmogrified into a ball of ice by the time she received it. The Sunday … Continue reading →

Sunday, 20th November, 2016 As The Skiathan reminded me, Sunday is for newspapers. It is also for a surfeit of political analysis and discussion. Add to that warmth and sunshine and our cup runneth over. We hope Skiathan Man, his … Continue reading →